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In working on another project, I completed some research on Management Theory. I found the reading insightful and wrote some thoughts on the topic… Modern management theories arose out of the industrial revolution through the First and Second World War. Modern management theories adoption was occurred slowly because of the belief that organizations were too diverse and the practice would only work over a short time (Witzel & Warner, 2015). As discussed by Len Nixon, modern management theories focused on…

Corporations and their management teams can lead and their respective market segments, but they can also lead in other areas such as industry trade groups and engaging in conversation with their customers and peers. For a long time, I have believed that the leadership team of an organization should engage in social media and Actively Participate in industry conferences in order to help set the agenda, lead the conversation regarding their industries, and help set best practices. Companies and their leadership…

I wrote this the other day for a different purpose. I made a few more tweaks and thought I would post it… One of the first questions we have to ask is what we want out of our education and lives. If the purpose of higher education and advanced self-education is simply to acquire the skills necessary to achieve a specific career goal such as a technical skill, then learning about the “arts” are not required. However, if the goal…

My last post briefly outlined the steps to publish a blog post with Word 2013. Microsoft Word makes a very good tool for creating and publishing blog posts, but once you publish the post you are not done. Some good old-fashioned post-cleanup must be completed. Because of this, I think the “Publish” button should never be used in Microsoft Word 2013. Publish the post as a draft and then publish it from within WordPress or your preferred blogging platform once…